Mayflower shared these photos with us of something they are working on which accommodates Velcro as well as magnetic attachments of pouches to mobility platforms.
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ORSM – Slumberjack Roadhouse Tarp
Friday, August 5th, 2016One of Sumberjack’s new priducts for OR Summer Market is so big, they couldn’t actually set it up in the booth but rather had to rely on a large billboard along the side of their booth. The Roadhouse Tarp was designed to be used in conjunction with a vehicle for overland camping use.
The Roadhouse Tarp will come with two beefy steel poles and can be set up alone lean-to or ridge tent-styles or connected off the back of a vehicle with two poles for a wider top or single pole for a more pronounced ridge. It is equipped with a ratchet attachment system to connect to various points on the vehicle included the wheel. I know one of you will say it, so I’ll save you the embarrassment; no, it’s not meant to be driven with the tarp attached to a wheel.
Coming Spring 2017.
Speedbox
Thursday, June 30th, 2016Where was the Speedbox when I was in? It’s highly water resistant, lockable, stackable and can be pulled around by its wheels. This thing is amazing.
Strength hurts. Speed kills. Speedbox represents the next step in the evolution of military mobilization. It’s a container system born out of frustration from using less durable, less thoughtful, and less integrated containers. At its core, Speedbox is a heavy-duty stackable, interlocking, wheeled, vented, drainable, buoyant, pull-able, rotationally molded container that maximizes the useable space on a 463-L pallet…it’s kind of like combat luggage. Gone are the days of spending up to 3 hours to build a pallet. When used to its full potential, Speedbox is a system that allows its users to palletize a 463-L pallet in less than ten minutes. If efficiency is important to you or your unit, then this container system is a game changer.
Speedbox eliminates the shortcomings of other containers used by the military:
Durability
This has always been an issue with plastic containers. Speedbox solved this by implementing advanced engineering in the geometrical design of the container, using structural foam on the interior surfaces, and devoting an ample amount of raw compound in each 50 lb. unit. This is the most durable container on the market.
Mobility
A typical fully-loaded container ready for deployment can easily weigh 250 lbs. requiring a four-man carry. Speedbox addressed this issue by incorporating two simple machines, the lever and the wheel. The lever on the Speedbox is the retracting handle made from two ¾ inch aluminum rods. These rods are attached to a 2 lb. aluminum locking block which is secured by angle iron that reinforces the stress points. The wheels are 10 inch off-road, heavy-duty, no-flat tires. They will never go flat because there’s no air in them. The combination of the lever and the wheel make it easy for a single person to quickly move heavy loads across uneven surfaces (like landing zones at FOBs).
Integrated
Most military oriented cases are not ideal for stacking given their smooth sides or irregular shapes. Unlike these traditional cases, Speedboxes fit together like Legos. The feet and wheels nest into each lid below. The side walls nest with adjacent Speedboxes, and the fronts and back interlock through the use of a built-in tether. When Speedbox is used as a system, it creates the most stable, easily loaded and transportable pallet solution to date.
Speedbox is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business proudly manufactured in the USA.
463-L SpeedBox Load-out Video on Vimeo.
More information can be found at www.speedbox.us
Looks Like The Magpul CORE Team Is Having A Great A Time In Mexico
Wednesday, June 29th, 2016
Australian Patrol Vehicles
Monday, June 13th, 2016
Definitely want! Based on the Toyota 79 series platform, they’ve beefed up the shocks and coils of this 6WD vehicle and installed a 4.5 liter turbo diesel V8. It’s boasts a 3500 kg towing capacity, 100 liter onboard and 200 liter container water capacity as well as a 180 liter onboard and 200 liter container fuel capacity resulting in a 2500 km range.
www.australianpatrolvehicles.com
Thanks Platatac!
Honey Badger Wheel
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016
Quite simply, the Honey Badger Wheel is a wheelbarrow without the basket. It’s an All Terrain Wheel Cart which will carry up to 250 lbs. They also offer a version with an electric 500 Watt motor assist for larger loads.
SOFIC – STIDD Diver Propulsion Device
Friday, May 27th, 2016
Check out the STIDD 2016 catalog. It details all the latest performance enhancements that STIDD proposes for its Diver Propulsion Device which was on display at SOFIC:
The STIDD DPD is the most widely used military-grade underwater mobility platform in the world (over 450 DPDs in operation globally).
SOFIC – Michelin X Tweel UTV Airless Radial Tire
Wednesday, May 25th, 2016Although the new X Tweel Utility Terrain Vehicle airless radial tire and wheel assembly will be offered initially to military customers, they tell me it will be offered for commercial sales by next year.
The X Tweel is a single unit, replacing current tire/wheel/valve assemblies. It performs like a pnuematic tire, except that it doesn’t go flat like a traditional tire. The secret is in the poly-resin spokes which carry the load as well as absorb impacts and reducing bounce. Yet, they aren’t so rigid that they won’t collapse enough to allow the tread to fully grip the surface below the tire.
